The Chairs Council is an advisory body to the dean that includes all department chairs and institute and school directors in the College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to the associate and assistant deans and other administrators of the college. The Chairs Council considers and takes action on a broad range of matters presented by the dean and may also makes recommendations to standing committees of the faculty.

The Chairs Council meets frequently as needed at the call of the dean throughout the calendar year.

Current Members

MEMBER	POSITION	DEPT/AREA	EMAIL
Jonathan Gayles	Chair	Africana Studies	[email protected]
Kathryn Kozaitis	Chair	Anthropology	[email protected]
Diane Belcher	Chair	Applied Linguistics & ESL	[email protected]
Geert de Vries	Chair	Biology	[email protected]
Donald Hamelberg	Chair	Chemistry	[email protected]
Greg Lisby	Chair	Communication	[email protected]
Yi Pan	Chair	Computer Science	[email protected]
Brennen Dicker	Executive Director	Creative Media Industries Institute	[email protected]
David Cheshier	Academic Director	Creative Media Industries Institute	[email protected]
Lynée Gaillet	Chair	English	[email protected]
Katherine Hankins	Interim Chair	Geosciences	[email protected]
Elisabeth Burgess	Director	Gerontology	[email protected]
Tony Lemieux	Director	Global Studies Institute	[email protected]
Michelle Brattain	Chair	History	[email protected]
Guantao Chen	Chair	Mathematics & Statistics	[email protected]
Nancy Forger	Director	Neuroscience	[email protected]
Eddy Nahmias	Chair	Philosophy	[email protected]
Sebastien Lepine	Chair	Physics & Astronomy	[email protected]
Michael Herb	Chair	Political Science	[email protected]
Chris Henrich	Chair	Psychology	[email protected]
Molly Bassett	Chair	Religious Studies	[email protected]
Eric Wright	Chair	Sociology	[email protected]
Stephanie Evans	Director	Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies	[email protected]
Bill Nichols	Chair	World Languages & Cultures	[email protected]
Sara Rosen	Dean		[email protected]
Dan Deocampo	Associate Dean	Research, Innovation & Graduate Studies	[email protected]
Kathryn McClymond	Associate Dean	Faculty Affairs	[email protected]
John Augusto	Associate Dean	Strategic Initiatives	[email protected]
Eric Friginal	Director	International Programs	[email protected]

Non-Voting Council Advisors

Amber Amari	Assistant Dean	Graduate Programs	[email protected]
Cassondra Breedlove	College Admin Officer	Administrative Services	[email protected]
Chad Dillard	Assistant VP for Development	Development	[email protected]
Lindsey Hornsby	College Research Officer	Administration Services	[email protected]
Justin Lilly	Executive Associate/Dean’s Communications	Dean’s Office	[email protected]
Sally McArthur	Assistant to the Dean	Dean’s Office	[email protected]
John Medlock	Assistant Dean	Academic Success	[email protected]
Fred Mote	Assistant Dean	Administration & Finance	[email protected]
Anna Varela	Director of Communications & Public Relations	Public Relations	[email protected]
Shelly-Ann Williams	Director	Office of Academic Assistance	[email protected]

The Curriculum Committee receives and reviews proposals for any changes in course offerings and curricular requirements and forwards proposals it deems appropriate to the full faculty for approval. The committee also has the power to review the curricular offerings and requirements of the college and to make appropriate recommendations to the dean and to the faculty. In addition, the committee may authorize experimental courses on a trial basis and share its assessment with the faculty.

The Curriculum Committee is composed of eight elected faculty and two student members.

Current Members

Ian Campbell	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Mario Feit	Political Science	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Yingshu Li	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Joe Normandin	Neuroscience	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Samantha Parks	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Gigi Ray	Chemistry	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Tillman Russell	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Erin Tone (Chair)	Psychology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

The Executive Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences is an advisory body to the dean on a range of matters relating to the administration of the college. The Executive Committee is also charged with a number of specific responsibilities that include: reviewing the academic operations and the budget of the college and any related items submitted by the dean or from the faculty; making nominations for vacant seats on the college's standing committees; initiating the triennial evaluation of department chairs and institute/school directors; initiating, under the supervision of the provost and vice president for academic affairs, a triennial evaluation of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; appointing a faculty grievance board; and considering proposals for the creation or elimination of departments, schools, institutes, and centers of the college and making such recommendations to the faculty as it deems appropriate.

The Executive Committee is composed of the dean, associate deans, vice chair of the faculty, twelve elected faculty, and two student members.

The Executive Committee meets regularly and at least once per semester of the academic year at the call of the dean. Upon receipt of a petition signed by six members of the Executive Committee, the dean will call a special meeting of the committee.

In addition, the faculty members of the Executive Committee, including the dean and along with three elected area chairs, meet as the Promotion and Review Procedures Committee to consider for approval any proposed changes to the College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Manual, related college-level manuals and policies, and departmental promotion and tenure guidelines. This committee also considers any newly developed guidelines and policies needing approval. It meets as needed throughout the academic year.

Current Members

Appointed Members

Sara Rosen	Dean
John Augusto	Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Dan Deocampo	Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement
Kathryn McClymond	Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Binghe Wang	Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies
Jared Poley	Vice Chair of the Faculty
Justin Lilly	Non-voting committee advisor
John Medlock	Non-voting committee advisor

Elected Faculty Representatives

Igor Belykh	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jennie Burnet	Global Studies	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Scott Crossley	Applied Linguistics & ESL	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Mukesh Dhamala	Physics & Astronomy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Carrie Freeman	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jonathan Gayles	Africana Studies	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Christie Hartley	Philosophy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Reiner Smolinski	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Faye Stewart	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Raj Sunderraman	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jessica Turner	Psychology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020

The Faculty Awards Committee is charged with selecting the recipients of annual awards for faculty approved by the College of Arts and Sciences, which currently include the Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Outstanding Teaching Award, Outstanding Faculty Diversity Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Mentoring Award, Outstanding Graduate Mentoring Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Director Award, and Outstanding Graduate Director Award. The committee also is charged with establishing qualifications and nominating procedures for these awards. In addition, the committee may consider and develop proposals for new awards or for other mechanisms to honor outstanding faculty to present to the dean and to the faculty.

The Faculty Awards Committee is composed of five elected faculty and two student members.

The Faculty Awards Committee meets as needed and at least once per semester during the academic year, typically in late fall before the call for nominations is distributed and mid-spring to select the award recipients.

Current Members

Deb Baro	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Andrea Jurjevic	English	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Tiffany King	Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Raul Llorente	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Mindy Stombler	Sociology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

The Faculty Grievance Board is advisory to the dean and functions in accordance with the Faculty Appeals Policy and Procedures . The duties of the Faculty Grievance Board include the following: Provides training for board members in grievance conciliation and in the conduct of formal appeal hearings; Attempts to conciliate differences that arise between faculty members and department chairs, school and institute directors or administrators; Conducts formal grievance appeal hearings and reports its findings and recommendations to the dean; Conducts procedural hearings on promotion and tenure appeals when referred to the board by the Executive Committee.

Current Members

Humanities

Faye Stewart	Assoc Professor	World Languages & Cultures	FA16-SP17
Christie Hartley	Assoc Professor	Philosophy	FA16-SP18
Marian Meyers	Professor	Communication	FA16-SP19
Tanya Caldwell	Professor	English	FA16-SP20

Natural and Computational Sciences

Vincent Rehder	Professor	Biology	FA16-SP17
Andrey Shilnikov	Professor	Neuroscience	FA16-SP18
Gary Hastings	Professor	Physics & Astronomy	FA16-SP19
Jeremy Diem	Assoc Professor	Geosciences	FA16-SP20

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Jennie Burnet	Assoc Professor	Global Studies	FA16-SP17
Jelena Subotic	Assoc Professor	Political Science	FA16-SP18
Sarah Brosnan	Professor	Psychology	FA16-SP19
Jared Poley	Professor	History	FA16-SP20

At Large

Lindsey Cohen	Professor	Psychology	FA16-SP17
Sebastien Lepine	Assoc Professor	Physics & Astronomy	FA16-SP19
Denise Davidson	Professor	History	FA16-SP20
Vacant			FA17-SP18

The Graduate Council is an advisory body to the dean and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on issues relating to the college's graduate programs. The Graduate Council considers proposals for the creation, discontinuance, or renaming of graduate degree programs and concentrations and makes recommendations to the dean with input from the full faculty of the college. The council also reviews changes in departmental criteria for graduate status and/or procedures for reviewing such criteria and makes positive or negative recommendations to the dean and to the relevant department. In addition, the council appoints each year four faculty and one graduate student to serve as a graduate petitions board charged with reviewing final course grade appeals, academic complaints, and petitions for waivers or variance of academic policies and making recommendations to the dean in keeping with relevant university policies.

The Graduate Council meets regularly at the call of the Dean's Office and at least once during each of the three semesters.

Current Members

MEMBER	DEPT	EMAIL
Binghe Wang (Chair)	Dean’s Office	[email protected]
Sarita Davis	Africana Studies	[email protected]
Jennifer Patico	Anthropology	[email protected]
YouJin Kim	Applied Linguistics & ESL	[email protected]
Ritu Aneja	Biology	[email protected]
Casonya Johnson	Biology	[email protected]
Donald Hamelberg	Chemistry	[email protected]
Jun Yin	Chemistry	[email protected]
Holley Wilkin	Communication	[email protected]
Xiaojun Cao	Computer Science	[email protected]
Chris Kocela	English	[email protected]
Tanya Caldwell	English	[email protected]
Lawrence Kiage	Geosciences	[email protected]
Wendy Simonds	Gerontology	[email protected]
Denise Davidson	History	[email protected]
Richard Laub	Heritage Preservation	[email protected]
Florian Enescu	Mathematics	[email protected]
Jeff Qin	Statistics	[email protected]
Charles Derby	Neuroscience	[email protected]
Tim O’Keefe	Philosophy	[email protected]
Xiaochun He	Physics	[email protected]
Sebastien Lepine	Astronomy	[email protected]
Sarah Roberts Gershon	Political Science	[email protected]
Lindsey Cohen	Psychology	[email protected]
Brett Esaki	Religious Studies	[email protected]
James Ainsworth	Sociology	[email protected]
Megan Sinnott	Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies	[email protected]
Leslie Marsh	World Languages & Cultures	[email protected]
Amber Amari (ex officio)	Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs	[email protected]

Student Representatives

Amanda Bendbow	Psychology, Ph.D.
Suzanne Litrel	History, Ph.D.
William Greg Odum	Anthropology, M.A.
Brandon Render	Religious Studies, M.A.
Chelsea Hagan	Biology, Ph.D.

The Undergraduate Council is an advisory body to the college faculty and dean on issues relating to the undergraduate programs of the College of Arts and Sciences. The council considers proposals for the creation, discontinuance, or renaming of undergraduate degree programs and concentrations and makes recommendations to the dean with input from the full faculty of the college. The council designates each year the membership of the Interdisciplinary Studies subcommittee. In addition, the council appoints each year four faculty and two students to an undergraduate petitions board charged with reviewing final course grade appeals, academic complaints, and petitions for waivers or variance of academic policies and making recommendations to the dean in keeping with relevant university policies.

The Undergraduate Council meets regularly and typically at least twice per semester of the academic year.

Current Members

MEMBER	DEPT	EMAIL
Makungu Akinyela	Africana Studies	[email protected]
Cassandra White	Anthropology	[email protected]
Hae Sung Yang	Applied Linguistics & ESL	[email protected]
Matthew Grober	Biology	[email protected]
Joan Comar	Chemistry	[email protected]
Jeremiah Harden	Chemistry	[email protected]
Douglas Barthlow	Communication	[email protected]
Rasha Ramzy	Communication	[email protected]
Xiaolin Hu	Computer Science	[email protected]
David Cheshier	Creative Media Industries	[email protected]
Mark Noble	English	[email protected]
Christy Visaggi	Geosciences	[email protected]
Chivon Mingo	Gerontology	[email protected]
Tony Lemieux	Global Studies	[email protected]
Rob Baker (Chair)	History	[email protected]
Andrew J Cohen	Interdisciplinary Studies	[email protected]
Michael Stewart	Mathematics & Statistics	[email protected]
Joe Normandin	Neuroscience	[email protected]
Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz	Neuroscience	[email protected]
Eric Wilson	Philosophy	[email protected]
Brian Thoms	Physics & Astronomy	[email protected]
Ben McGimsey	Physics & Astronomy	[email protected]
Jeannie Grussendorf	Political Science	[email protected]
Chris Goode	Psychology	[email protected]
Jon Herman (interim)	Religious Studies	[email protected]
Jung Ha Kim	Sociology	[email protected]
Juliana Kubala	Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies	[email protected]
Shuai Li	World Languages and Cultures	[email protected]
Shelly-Ann Williams (ex officio)	Director, Academic Assistance	[email protected]
John Medlock (ex officio)	Assistant Dean, Academic Success	[email protected]

The College of Arts and Sciences has three area promotion and tenure committees--one for the Humanities, one for the Natural and Computational Sciences, and one for the Social and Behavioral Sciences--charged with reviewing the credentials of each candidate for promotion and/or tenure within its respective area and making a recommendation to the dean concerning each candidate. The area committees also assist in the post-tenure review process by similarly evaluating faculty members' credentials and sharing their assessments with the dean.

All members hold the rank of Professor.

Current Members

Humanities

Beth Gylys	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Eric Le Calvez	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
George Pullman	English	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Andrea Scarantino	Philosophy	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
James Darsey	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

Natural and Computational Sciences

Ritu Aneja	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Giovanni Gadda	Chemistry	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Xiaochun He	Physics & Astronomy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Zhongshan (Jason) Li	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Yuan Liu	Biology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Yanqing Zhang	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Lindsey Cohen	Psychology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Sara Cushing	Applied Linguistics & ESL	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Glenn Eskew	History	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Emanuela Guano	Anthropology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
John Horgan	Global Studies	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Erin Ruel	Sociology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Andrew Wedeman	Political Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021

The Non-Tenure Track Promotion Review Committee reviews the credentials of each non-tenure track (NTT) faculty candidate for promotion in the College of Arts and Sciences and makes a recommendation to the dean concerning each candidate. The committee considers cases for promotion to the ranks of senior lecturer, principal senior lecturer, senior academic professional, and other NTT ranks.

The NTT Promotion Review Committee is composed of ten elected faculty members, including three representatives from each area of the college and one at large member. Each area includes at least one tenured faculty member and at least one NTT faculty member at the senior level or above.

Current Members

Annette Cash	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Gennady Cymbalyuk	Neuroscience	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Carmen Eilertson	Biology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Yuki Fujioka	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Ben Kail	Sociology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Melissa McLeod	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Valerie Miller	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Rashid Naim	Political Science	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Mary Rolinson	History	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Eric Wilson	Philosophy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020

The Staff Executive Committee is an advisory body to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences with a range of duties and responsibilities that include: discussing policies and procedures related to salary equity, raises, performance evaluations and other issues relevant to the staff; reviewing any items submitted by the dean and/or staff members; reporting its actions at each regular meeting of the college staff; supervising all elections for members of the staff standing committees; making nominations for vacant seats on the college's staff committees; reporting any advancement opportunities within the college or university; and coordinating the college's annual staff awards process and selecting the award recipients.

The Staff Executive Committee meets at the call of the dean or vice chair at least once each semester. Upon receipt of a petition signed by seven members, the dean will call a special meeting of the committee.

Current Members

Appointed Members

Sara Rosen	Dean
Fred Mote	Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance
Cassondra Breedlove	College Administrative Officer

Elected Staff Representatives

Jeanetta Floyd	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Lindsey Hornsby	Administrative Services	FA16 – SP18
Justin Lilly	Dean’s Office	FA16 – SP18
Rene Mondy	Academic Assistance	FA16 – SP18
Gemia Rice	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Harper Strom	English	FA16 – SP18
LaTesha Warren	Biology	FA16 – SP18
James C. Taylor, III	Communication	FA17 – SP19
Quanda Miller	Gerontology Institute	FA17 – SP19
Saturday Sam	Administrative Services	FA17 – SP19
Chris Burton	English	FA17 – SP19
Renda Radcliffe-Sullivan	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Nika Daryooni	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19

The Staff Mentoring and Morale Committee is a standing committee of the College of Arts and Sciences staff charged with developing and implementing programs that provide staff with opportunities to interact with peers from across the college, which may include mentoring programs, orientations, social events, and other networking opportunities. The committee also regularly collects items that can be used to recognize and award staff achievement.

The Staff Mentoring and Morale Committee is composed of nine elected members of the college staff. It meets at least twice in the Fall and Spring terms and at least once during Summer.

Current Members

Elected Staff Representatives

Susan Coleman	Applied Linguistics & ESL	FA16 – SP18
Sandra Ahuama-Jonas	Mathematics & Statistics	FA16 – SP18
James C. Taylor, III	Communication	FA17 – SP19
Randy Trammell	Public Relations	FA17 – SP19
Esther Prince	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Torrez Wilson	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Carolyn Whiters	History	FA17 – SP19
Alison Mercer	Development	FA17 – SP19
Andreea Johnson	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19

The Staff Professional Development Committee is a standing committee of the College of Arts and Sciences staff charged with managing the application approval process for awards from the college's Staff Development Fund. The committee investigates ways in which staff can benefit from training programs and makes recommendations to the staff executive committee. The committee is also responsible for maintaining a list of professional development opportunities available throughout the university.

The Staff Professional Development Committee meets regularly and at least twice each Fall and Spring terms and at least once during Summer following the corresponding Staff Development Fund applications deadlines.

Current Members

Elected Staff Representatives

Nika Daryooni	Academic Assistance	FA16 – SP18
Jaime Middleton	Military Science/ROTC	FA16 – SP18
Marilyn Stiggers	Communication	FA16 – SP18
Jerria McCoy Thompson	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Latesha Warren	Biology	FA17 – SP19
Harper Strom	English	FA17 – SP19
Quanda Miller	Gerontology Institute	FA17 – SP19
Tamara Gross	Biology	FA17 – SP19
Carol Freeland-Turner	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19